Recent Obituaries
Don Mohler
Feb 7, 2015
Donald Lee Mohler, 77, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Saturday, February 7, 2015, at his home. Don was born December 30, 1937, at Enid, Oklahoma, the son of Edward and Virgie (Bowyer) Mohler. He grew up in Oklahoma and the family moved to Iola when he was in high school. He graduated from Iola High School and Iola Junior College. On...
William Chapman
Feb 7, 2015
William Lyman "Billy" Chapman, Jr., 38, of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Billy was born June 11, 1976, in Iola, the son of William L. "Bill" and Carol Jean (Lee) Chapman. He attended high school in Iola and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1995. On April 21, 2006, Billy married Mary...
Alice Mullins
Feb 6, 2015
Alice Martha Wiederstein Mullins, formerly of LaHarpe, KS, entered into eternal rest early the morning of February 6, 2015, at Garden Valley Nursing Home in Kansas City, MO. Alice was born April 21, 1926, the daughter of Leo and Martha Wiederstein, in Hillsboro, KS. Alice married Clifford Sommerfeld in 1944 and they were the parents of two children, a son...
Betty J. Pontious
Feb 5, 2015
Betty J. (Elliott) Pontious, age 89, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2015, at the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. She was born on May 28, 1925, in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd and Marie (Elliott) Elliott. Betty graduated from Garnett High School in 1943. She taught grade school and worked for Dr. White in Garnett,...
John Kress
Feb 5, 2015
Albert John Kress, Jr., 75, of Piqua, Kansas, died Thursday, February 5, 2015, at his home. John was born June 19, 1939, on the family farm west of Piqua, Kansas, the son of Albert John and Clara Josephine (King) Kress, Sr.. He graduated from Yates Center High School and Emporia State University. He served in the Kansas National Guard for...
Merton White
Feb 4, 2015
Merton Merle White, 83, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Merton was born August 7, 1931, in Wichita, the son of John and Mabel (Spear) White. He grew up in Wichita. Merton served in the U.S. Air Force. On May 1, 1953, Merton married Margaret J. Smiley in Wichita. They made their...
Beverly Tomlinson
Feb 2, 2015
Beverly Marie Tomlinson, 85, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, February 2, 2015, at her home. She was born January 16, 1930, in Troy, Kansas, the daughter of Grover Franklin "Frank" and Maudie Marie (Denning) Wykert. She graduated from Troy High School. On September 15, 1950, Beverly married Richard W. "Dick" Tomlinson. After Dick completed his military duty they lived in...
Kaleb Morton
Feb 1, 2015
Kaleb Ryan Morton, 3-year-old son of Justin Pritchard and Tabitha Morton of Iola, died Sunday, February 1, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Kaleb was born July 28, 2011 in Iola, and has always lived here. He enjoyed playing with his helicopter and liked SpongeBob, Spiderman and Thomas the Train. SURVIVORS: His Parents: Justin Michael Pritchard and Tabitha Renee...
Barbara Jeanne Glenn
Jan 31, 2015
Barbara Jeanne Glenn, age 87, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2015, at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born on February 20, 1928, in Wasco, California, the daughter of A. Hilmer and Pearl (Brunton) Nelson. Barbara lived most of her growing up years in Wasco. After raising her six children, Barbara returned to school...
Billy Edwards
Jan 30, 2015
Billy H. Edwards, 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, January 30, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Billy was born February 18, 1935, in Gravette, Arkansas, the son of John Lee and Elsie Velura (Clark) Edwards. On August 15, 1997, he married Bonnie (Williams) Holeman and they made their home in Iola. He worked 26 years for John Deere...
Harry Stogsdill
Jan 29, 2015
Harry Lee Stogsdill, Jr., 79, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, January 29, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kansas. Harry was born April 11, 1935, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Harry Lee and Lucille May (Zoellers) Stogsdill, Sr. He grew up in Kansas City and served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. In...
Frances Lillian Poling
Jan 26, 2015
Frances Poling, age 83, of Moran, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 26, 2015, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. She was born on October 27, 1931, in LaHarpe, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Scott and Ruby (Morrison) Baker. She graduated from high school in 1949, and then from Research Hospital Nursing School. She worked as a RN...
Marilyn Prock
Jan 24, 2015
Marilyn E. Prock, 61, of Iola, Kansas, died Saturday, January 24, 2015, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Marilyn was born March 13, 1953, in Iola, the daughter of Lewis Rivers and Betty Arleene (Estep) Howland. The Howland family lived in several states following the aircraft industry before returning to Iola. On September 15, 1970, Marilyn married James Prock...
Robert Shields
Jan 21, 2015
Robert Patrick Shields, 90, of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola, Kansas. Bob was born March 28, 1924, in Hollywood, California. His parents were Frank J. and Lucille (Preble) Shields. He moved with his family to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he graduated from Christian Brothers High School in 1942. Bob served in...
Hazel Marie Lile
Jan 21, 2015
Hazel Marie (Fort) Lile was born on November 23, 1929 in Paola, Kansas to Arthur Clement Fort and Emma Grace (Smith) Fort. She passed from this life on January 21, 2015, at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kansas. Hazel grew up in a loving family of 10 children. When all the children were grown and married, they remained close as they...
Wayne Luedke
Jan 20, 2015
Wayne L. Luedke, 90, of Colony, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at his home. Wayne was born January 27, 1924, in Tribune, Kansas, the son of Charles and Estella (Niswonger) Luedke and grew up in Missouri. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII from April 1943 until June of 1946. Wayne was in the 549 anti aircraft automatic...
Ruby West
Jan 18, 2015
Ruby Inez West, 92, died Sunday, January 18, 2015, at Iola Nursing Center. Ruby was born February 20, 1922, at Ferndale, Arkansas, one of thirteen children born to Henry and Virgie (Grimmett) Koon. She grew up in Paron and graduated from Paron High School. On September 22, 1942, Ruby married Arthur Lee West at Ft. Ord, California, where Art was...
Charlene Keener
Jan 15, 2015
Linda Charlene Potts Keener, 72, of Joplin, Missouri, died Thursday, January 15, 2015, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. Charlene was born July 11, 1942, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Harry A. and Pauline E. (Hodge) Potts. She graduated from Iola High School in 1960. Charlene married Larry Stalnaker and they had a daughter, Gina. She later married Jerry...
Chet Bishop
Jan 15, 2015
Chester L. "Chet" Bishop, 89, of Iola, Kansas, died Thursday, January 15, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola. Chet was born January 25, 1925, at East Sylamore, Arkansas, the first of eleven children born to Charles and Jessie (Caler) Bishop. He grew up at Athens between Piqua and Yates Center. Chet served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946...
Jane T. Feuerborn
Jan 14, 2015
Jane T. Feuerborn, age 77, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at Golden Heights in Garnett. She was born on April 2, 1937, in Garnett, Kansas, the first of four children born to Reuben and Marie (Setter) Feuerborn. Jane attended Longfellow School in Garnett until Holy Angels Catholic School opened in 1947. She graduated from Garnett...
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